The Best New Windows 8.1 Features in 8 GIFs

Windows 8.1 just got an update. The changes are mostly tiny but also great. In fact there so small you might even miss a few when they start rolling out next week, so we've wrangled our favourites into this series of handy GIFs.

You get the desktop-style menu when you right click a live tile

Metro apps have title bars now

The taskbar shows up in Metro apps

Hot-corner previews now have a sliiiight delay

Metro apps can be pinned to the taskbar and stack like normal windows

There's a search button on the start menu

There's a search button on the start menuAnd a power button on the start menu